Do Nothing Out Of Selfishness…
I heard a really interesting sermon from Andy Stanley this morning on my way to work. The part that was intriguing was how he used Philippians 2:3-4 and applied it to marriage, instead of to the church as a whole. Of course, that makes perfect sense.
Philippians 2:3-4
3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;
4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
One point he made is how competitive a married couple can get, and how it can become second nature to tear one another down…either to each others’ faces or to their friends. This is pure selfishness and conceit. We should look for opportunities to lift up our spouse, encourage each other, and honor each other when we are apart.
If we truly see our spouse through the lens of humility, which is such a foundational point of everything Jesus taught, we will have no room to be critical of our spouse. We should look to make our spouse’s interests more important than our own, and to put their desires ahead of ourselves. Do this, and you won’t only have a godly marriage, you’ll have a happy and peaceful marriage.
